Lies, Half-truths and Contradictions: Palin’s poor-mouthing

We heard from ever-elusive Sarah Palin in TWO places today. She consented to her first “extensive” print interview. The lucky winner: The Frontiersman, the weekly paper in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. However, she would only conduct the interview via eimail, so there’s a chance that the First Dude could have been answering the questions, for all we know. No bombshells, check it out here.

Then, she turned up on the radio show of conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, where she turned one of his softball questions into an entry in our compilation of Lies, Half-truths and Contradictions. Seems that the governor is poor-mouthing for the sake of politics. And it’s even more shameless than Joe Biden reclaiming his Scranton roots.

Hewitt: “Have you and your husband, Todd, ever faced tough economic times where you had to sit around a kitchen table and make tough choices?”

“Oh my goodness, yes, Hugh. I know what Americans are going through. Todd and I, heck, we’re going through that right now even as we speak, which may put me again kind of on the outs of those Washington elite who don’t like the idea of just an everyday working class American running for such an office.”

So ask yourself if this is a “every day working class American”? According to the conservative Washington Times, the Palins live “in a two-story house built in 2002 and located on more than 2 acres overlooking Lucile Lake in Matanuska Susitna County, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.”

“The couple also own four lakeside parcels, described in county records as ‘recreation’ sites. They encompass 35 acres of forest along Trapper Creek near Safari Lake, north of Wasilla, and were appraised this year at $102,700.

“The total tax bill on the couple’s five properties, according to the records, was $7,662. The Palins reported no debts in disclosure documents filed by the governor other than the mortgage on their home.

“State records also show that Mr. Palin has a pilot’s license, owns a 320-series Piper single-engine airplane and two boats, a 22-foot Pacific Skiff fishing boat and a 22-foot homemade aluminum fishing boat. He also owns two Bombardier personal watercraft, valued at about $7,000.”

Nothing wrong with any of that, as we live in a capitalist society. Heavens knows the last race was between the uber-rich John Kerry and the son of a former president. Good for the Palins. But don’t poor-mouth and call out the “Washington elite” when you’re making $250,000 and have several properties and boats. There are people who really are struggling. It’s insulting.

By the way, by our count, Hugh’s interview contained about nine questions. Five of them contained some sort of bash/complaint on how mean the mainstream media has been to Palin. Check out the interview here.